The ''Marineunteroffizierschule'' (MUS) is a naval
petty officer school of the
German Navy in
Plön. It reports to the Head of Personnel, Training, Organization in the
Navy Command in
Rostock.
History
In the early days of the newly established German Navy, petty office training took place in
Cuxhaven
Cuxhaven (; ) is an independent town and seat of the Cuxhaven district, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The town includes the northernmost point of Lower Saxony. It is situated on the shore of the North Sea at the mouth of the Elbe River. Cuxhaven has ...
from 1956 and in
Eckernförde
Eckernförde ( da, Egernførde, sometimes also , nds, Eckernför, sometimes also ) () is a German town in Schleswig-Holstein, Rendsburg-Eckernförde, on the coast of the Baltic Sea approximately 30 km north-west of Kiel. The population is ...
from 1957 to 1960. The aforementioned training was finally relocated to the
Ruhleben barracks {{coord missing, Schleswig-Holstein
The Ruhleben barracks (german: Ruhleben-Kaserne) is part of the German naval establishment located in Plön, Holstein, Germany.
From 1940 to 1945 it was home to the III U-Boat Training Division (''III Untersee-B ...
in Plön (directly on the
Großer Plöner See) in 1960. This barracks was built in 1938 and taken over by a
naval non-commissioned officer training department. After the end of the
Second World War, it served the
British Army as the headquarters of
Schleswig-Holstein until 1948, after which the barracks served as a boarding school for children of the armed forces of the
United Kingdom (
King Alfred School and
Windsor Girls' School
Windsor Girls' School (WGS) is an upper school for girls aged 13–18 in Windsor, Berkshire, England. While most other schools in Berkshire operate on a two-tier system with pupils entering secondary school at age 11, the local LEA uses the thre ...
).
Since 1 November 2017, the
Neustadt in Holstein location has had the ''Zentrum Wiedereinstellung Marine'' (ZWE Mar) as a sub-unit of the MUS.
On 2 January 2018, a 7th inspection belonging to the training school was set up at the
Putlos military training area (
Wagrien barracks
WagriaArnold, Benjamin (1991). ''Princes and territories in medieval Germany'', Cambridge University Press, Cambridge and New York, p. 156. . (german: Wagrien, ''Waierland'' or ''Wagerland'') is the northeastern part of Holstein in the German stat ...
). In the course of the trend reversal, it is intended to enable personnel to gradually grow in strength and is in particular charged with the implementation of ''Einsatzlandunspezifischen Ausbildung'' (ELUSA), additional shooting training and infantry training for candidate
officers.
Gallery
File:Quarterdeck, King Alfred School.jpg, Headquarters and school building during the time of the King Alfred School
File:Abpullen an der MUS.jpg, Traditional unloading of a departing commander with a marine cutter from the MUS dock
See also
* ''
German Navy''
References
{{Reflist
External links
*https://www.bundeswehr.de/de/organisation/marine/organisation/marineunteroffizierschule
*https://www.crew-vii73.de/geschichte-mainmenu-36/mus-mainmenu-37
Military units and formations of the Imperial German Navy
Military units and formations of the German Navy
1956 establishments in Germany